Today in History - 3rd of June

What Happened On This Day – 3 June

2013 The trial against whistleblower Bradley Manning begins

The American soldier, a trans woman now called Chelsea Manning, was responsible for leaking classified videos documenting U.S. war atrocities during the Iraq War. She was sentenced to 35 years confinement.
1998 101 people die in the Eschede train disaster

Traveling at 200 km/h (120 mph), a high-speed ICE train derailed and crashed into a bridge. The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in one of the train's wheels. It was the deadliest high-speed train disaster in history.
1982 The Israeli ambassador to the U.K. is shot

Shlomo Argov survived the assassination attempt by a Palestinian terrorist group, but he was permanently paralyzed. The event triggered the 1982 Lebanon War.
1973 The world's first supersonic airliner crashes

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144, sometimes referred to as Concordski, disintegrated in mid-air during the 1973 Paris Air Show. 14 people died.
1492 Martin Behaim presents the world's first globe

The German geographer called his terrestrial globe Erdapfel, or Earth Apple. It is kept in a darkened room at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany.

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Births On This Day – 3 June

1986 Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player
1931 Raúl Castro

Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba
1926 Allen Ginsberg

American poet
1808 Jefferson Davis

American colonel, politician, President of the Confederate States of America
1770 Manuel Belgrano

Argentinian economist, lawyer, politician